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      "title": "The Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (\"Byrd Amendment\")",
      "summary": "The Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA), commonly known as the \"Byrd\nAmendment,\" is a U.S. law providing for the distribution of import duties collected as a result of\nantidumping (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD) orders to petitioners and other interested parties\nin the investigations that resulted in the orders. CDSOA disbursements amounted to $231 million\nin FY2001, $330 million in FY2002, $190 million in FY2003 (with an additional $50 million held\nin reserve pending the outcome of a legal challenge), and $284 million in FY2004. The CDSOA was\nsuccessfully challenged in a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute proceeding brought by 11\nWTO Members including Canada, the European Union, and Japan. In late 2004, eight of the\ncomplaining parties were authorized to \"suspend concessions\" (retaliate) until the United States\ncomplies, most readily by repealing the law. Canada and the European Union began retaliating on\nMay 2, 2005, by placing a 15% additional import duty on selected U.S. exports. Mexico imposed\nhigher tariffs on U.S. milk products, wine, and chewing gum as of August 18, and Japan placed an\nadditional tariff of 15% on 15 steel and industrial products as of September 1. Canada is particularly\nconcerned that more than $4 billion in AD and CV duty deposits on softwood lumber may eventually\nbe available for distribution to U.S. lumber producers under the CDSOA.\n Despite strong congressional support for the CDSOA in both chambers, a provision seeking to\nrepeal the measure (while allowing distributions under the Act to continue on all subject\nmerchandise entering the United States through October 1, 2007) was included the conference report\naccompanying  S. 1932 , the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The legislation has passed\nboth Houses, with final House action having taken place on February 1, 2006.\n Another bill seeking to repeal the statute  H.R. 1121  (Ramstad), was suggested for\npossible inclusion in House miscellaneous duty suspension legislation. In addition, two proposals\nrelated to the CDSOA were offered by Senator Grassley as amendments to Commerce and Justice\nDepartment appropriations legislation.  S.Amdt. 1680  would have limited\nimplementation of the CDSOA, while  S.Amdt 1681  would have struck a provision in\nthe Senate-reported bill requiring WTO negotiations aimed at preserving the CDSOA. These\namendments were not considered on the floor.\n Controversy over the CDSOA is part of a larger ongoing debate in Congress, and in the country\nas a whole, on the future direction of U.S. trade policy. As a result, trade remedy issues are expected\nto receive continued attention in second session of the 109th Congress. This report will be updated\nas events warrant.",
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